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De - Pt| English Dictionary: yule | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Yule \Yule\, n. [OE. yol, [f4]ol, AS. ge[a2]l; akin to ge[a2]la December or January, Icel. j[d3]l Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Sw. jul Christmas, Dan. juul, Goth. jiuleis November or December. Cf. {Jolly}.] Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior. And at each pause they kiss; was never seen such rule In any place but here, at bonfire, or at Yule. --Drayton. {Yule block}, [or] {Yule log}, a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth of Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony. {Yule clog}, the yule log. --Halliwell. W. Irving. | |
